I've never met a bolt or nut I didn't over tighten. When I was a kid, nobody told me to NOT tighten a bolt/nut until it just won't move anymore. You can only get away with that with axle nuts I suppose.
Juliana wrote on 02/02/20 at 02:15:59:Im a stripper from way back.
Dont think Ive seen a bike thread that I havent stripped. Not for me a gentle tweak of the spring washer, i sniff thread lock liquid with suspicion, and never believe my torque wrench.
Only good thing I suppose, is that ive learned how to insert helicoils ( lots of practice! )
The thing thats saved me ( apart from grudgingly accepting the readings on my torque wrench ) was the impulse purchase of a quarter inch drive tool set. I really only bought it because it looked so cute.
Ive always used a half inch drive socket set and the baby quarter inch really taught me the immense pressure i was exerting with my beefy socket set.